Intermezzo

"what if life is just a collection of essentially unrelated experiences? why does one thing have to follow meaningfully from another?" rating: ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ i am still processing this book after a month, so please bear with me. i will have a full review up on my substack ([URL not allowed]......more

this book was the most exciting news of my year and i got engaged the week it was announced. somehow, it still exceeded my life-altering, world-centering, unrealistic-to-the-point-of-being-annoying expectations. with every book, sally rooney seems to challenge herself in a new way, showing that in the......more

Despite Rooney’s books being largely about nothing, with the plot consisting of basically sad people being sad, I never before found them slow or boring. I found the characters and situations in Normal People and Beautiful World tragic enough to keep me glued to the pages. I can’t say I enjoyed them......more

4.5. WOW. sally rooney has such a talent for writing about interpersonal relationships and human connection, and it’s something i’ll never tire of reading. intermezzo is the story of two brothers: peter, a successful lawyer in his thirties who is juggling relationships with two different women, and h......more

In a deliberately quiet almost hissing voice Ivan says: I actually hate you. I’ve hated you my entire life. Without stirring, without looking around to see whether the other diners or staff are watching them, Peter just answers: I know. hate when i dislike a book and go to read negative reviews but no......more